Four-Year-Old Can't Recite ABC's, Father Waterboards Her

He's a soldier apparently, and quite obviously has some demons in his head.

A U.S. soldier has been accused of 'waterboarding' his four-year-old daughter because she couldn't recite the alphabet.

Joshua Tabor admitted to police that he used the CIA torture technique because he was so angry.

As his daughter 'squirmed' to get away, Tabor said he submerged her face - upwards - three or four times until the water was lapping around her forehead and jawline.

Tabor, 27, admitted to investigators that his daughter was terrified of water and he had deliberately chosen the punishment.
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Tabor, a soldier at a base in Tacoma, Washington, flew into a rage after his daughter was unable to recite her ABC's.

As his girlfriend looked on he grabbed the child and placed her on the kitchen counter before submerging her face upwards into a bowl of water.

Police Sgt Rob Carlson said the punishment was carried out because the girl would not recite the alphabet.

When police spoke to the girl they noticed she had bruising on her back and scratch marks on her neck and throat.

When asked how she got the bruises, the girl replied: 'Daddy did it.'

During a police interview Tabor admitted holding his daughter underwater.

Police initially came to arrest him after he'd been seen walking around the neighbourhood wearing his Kevlar helmet and threatening to break windows.

Officers only found out about the alleged waterboarding when they went to Tabor's home.

I've got no problems waterboarding terrorists, but a four-year-old? What the hell is wrong with this maniac? And the girlfriend looks on and doesn't do anything?

Oddly enough this received very little attention in the U.S. this week.